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package com.gotobject.filter.builders;

import com.gotobject.filter.ordering.Ordering;

/**
 * @author huascar.sanchez@gmail.com (Huascar A. Sanchez)
 * @param <T> bound type.
 */
public interface OrderedFilteringBuilder<T> extends FilteringBuilder<T> {
    /**
     * indicates how the elements selected from a master collection will be ordered.
     * @param operator
     *      the desired order of the elements.
     * @return
     *      a {@link FilteringBuilder} object.
     */
    FilteringBuilder<T> orderBy(Ordering<? super T> operator);
}
